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[HL2] Doug Lombardi Interview

GameSpy: According to the information we've seen so far, Vivendi appears to be claiming that Valve withheld information while renegotiating the initial SPA, regarding online distribution in regard to your STEAM technology. Would you be able to comment on that?

[Doug Lombardi]: I believe that is part of the counterclaim they filed some 18 months after we filed the original suit. We have responded denying those claims. But it's probably best to ask them for comment on their claims.

GameSpy: Who currently owns the rights to the Half-Life IP? Is it fully owned by Valve, or does Sierra/Vivendi still claim some ownership over the property?
[Doug Lombardi]: Valve is the owner of the Half-Life intellectual property.

Dit is voor mij een geruststelling

Laatst gewijzigd door Captain Insano; 22 september 2004 om 18:32

"At the beginning of the Portal development process, we sat down as a group to decide what philosopher or school of philosophy our game would be based on. That was followed by about fifteen minutes of silence and then someone mentioned that a lot of people like cake."

Doug Lombardi - Director of Marketing
After years in the music industry, Doug decided to get a real job. Then he came to his senses and made the decision to get into the gaming industry instead. During his time in gaming, he has worked on the launch of websites, magazines, and games. As Director of Marketing at Valve, he helps manage and coordinate third-party relations, marketing and press activities.

"At the beginning of the Portal development process, we sat down as a group to decide what philosopher or school of philosophy our game would be based on. That was followed by about fifteen minutes of silence and then someone mentioned that a lot of people like cake."

HL Gaming: When you worked for Microsoft, did you ever meet old Big Bill? If so what was he like, think he has linux on one of his home PC's?
Newell: Microsoft was a very different place when I joined. Nobody had ever heard of the company, it was the third largest software developer in the suburbs of Seattle, and Bill would come play poker at the apartment my brother and I shared with another programmer.
Most people don't realize it, but Microsoft shipped Xenix (it's variant of UNIX) before it shipped Windows. For a long time Microsoft was the #1 vendor of UNIX in the world (at least on a unit basis). Bill probably doesn't have Linux on any machine he uses regularly simply because he believes in a phrase that Steve Ballmer uses a lot - "eating your own dog food."

"At the beginning of the Portal development process, we sat down as a group to decide what philosopher or school of philosophy our game would be based on. That was followed by about fifteen minutes of silence and then someone mentioned that a lot of people like cake."

"At the beginning of the Portal development process, we sat down as a group to decide what philosopher or school of philosophy our game would be based on. That was followed by about fifteen minutes of silence and then someone mentioned that a lot of people like cake."